NAMI Advocates for Abolishing Death Penalty for People with Serious Mental Illnesses10/30/2008At a meeting in October 2008, Murder Victims Families for Human Rights and NAMI announced their collaboration on a project to abolish the death penalty for people with severe mental illnesses. The project will include a national media campaign and the release of a report in June of 2009. The report will be used to support efforts in states to enact laws prohibiting executions of people with severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

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